McKinsey on Start-ups

McKinsey on Start-ups

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Creating a clean water supply from the air and sun

On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, our guest is Dr. Cody Friesen, the founder and CEO of Source Global, a sustainability-focused startup that is working to help solve the planet’s drinking water scarcity issues. The company’s flagship product is the Source Hydropanel, a ...  Show more

 . 30min 14sec
Fueling Mexico’s startup ecosystem with an equity-free helping hand

On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, our guest is Camila Lecaros, the Managing Director of MassChallenge Mexico, a start-up accelerator that is part of a global network with other outposts in Boston, Texas, Israel, and Switzerland. MassChallenge uses a relatively unique mo ...  Show more

 . 23min 19sec
Base10’s Ade Ajao: A data-driven approach to funding more diverse founders

On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, we talk to Adeyemi Ajao, the cofounder and Managing Partner at Base 10 Partners. The San Francisco-based VC firm focuses on startups bringing automation technology to a variety of sectors in what it calls the Real Economy, including log ...  Show more

 . 33min 8sec
Investing in transformative tech: EQT Ventures’ long view

On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, we talk to Gautam Nadella, an operating partner at EQT Ventures in the Bay Area, where he drives M&A, fundraising, and partnership efforts within their portfolio of more than 100 companies. EQT invests in a wide range of companies in bo ...  Show more

 . 22min 49sec
What it takes for successful startups to keep growing

In recent years, the pressure from investors on already successful start-ups to keep growing faster and faster has been intense. Reaching a $100 million valuation, a notable achievement in its own right, left little time to celebrate; the venture capital (VC) firms that invest in ...  Show more

 . 29min 44sec